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  1. import java.util.Arrays;
  2.  
  3. public class Main
  4. {
  5.    public static void main(String[] args)
  6.    {
  7.       String yourString = "author_name1, author_name2, author_name3 and author_name4";
  8.  
  9.       System.out.println("Without \\s*:");
  10.       System.out.println(Arrays.toString(yourString.split("(,|and)")));
  11.       System.out.println("With \\s*:");
  12.       System.out.println(Arrays.toString(yourString.split("\\s*(,|and)\\s*")));
  13.    }
  14. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.07s 380160KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
Without \s*:
[author_name1,  author_name2,  author_name3 ,  author_name4]
With \s*:
[author_name1, author_name2, author_name3, author_name4]
https://ideone.com/gBtX5W
language:
Java (HotSpot 12)
created:
11 years ago
visibility:
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